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Android - Obtain a key from a certification authority like VeriSign

Hi
I have written a program, my boss ask me to sign the apk file without self-signed, how can I get the certificate from any authority like VeriSign?

Thanks

Solution

  • You can not use a Verisign or other commercial code-signing certificate to sign Android APKs for distribution in Android Market. The Android Market requires that the certificate expiry date have a year greater than or equal to 2033, but no commercial certificate vendor will sell you a cert with an expiry date that far in the future (their business is forcing you to come back and pay every year: selling you a 3-decade cert kind of defeats that). See http://developer.android.com/guide/publishing/app-signing.html#releasemode for the date information.

    So no, you can not use a commercial authority cert.